Severe pulmonary hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis.
We report a patient with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis who had clinical and haemodynamic findings of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Histopathology proved this to be plexogenic rather than thromboembolic. We report the case to highlight this rare association.
Sharma
S
S
Department of Cardiology, T.N. Medical College, Bombay, India.
Vaccharajani
A
A
Mandke
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology